From what I've heard recently, the pilgrims went to the US not to escape religious persecution, but to enable it, they went to a land where they could be free to persecute the crap out of whoever they felt like in order to keep their societies pure.
And watching the latest political news they seem to have been widly successful with that goal
Many authors need editors in order to produce a worthwhile product. A few don't. Expect the average quality of writing to decline.
...Or expect a service of editor-for-hire to appear. If there are freelance writers created by this change, why not freelance editors? I'll be surprised if it doesn't exist already.
Where there's a will, there's a relative.